Ten Questions

Here are ten questions inspired by my first drift experience that I will try to use to inform my second.

1)Is the sonic environment similar if you go south on the lake instead of north?

2)what is the difference if the sound is recorded during the day as opposed to night?

3)What about the brief time in between day and night?

4)Would I get more interesting recordings if I did not use a static mic setup?

5)How will it change my decisions in sound recording when the end goal is to present them within the context of a short film?

6)What if I tried a more structured way of deciding what to record? i.e. what if I said that after every 5 minutes of walking I would record wherever I was? This way I might find things other than the more obvious sounds most of us are drawn to.

7)How can I find a better balance between foreground and background sounds?

8)How can I cut down on wind sounds? Is there a particular time/place that is less prone to it?

9)What if I used the presence of people in my recording environment to get more varied recordings?

10)What kinds of sounds play against images better in a non-sync environment?